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Sheriff: Sexually violent predator living as a transient in Boulder County

Ronald Eugene Noel, 52, has convictions out of Oregon

By Mitchell Byars, Camera Staff Writer

Posted:
08/22/2014 11:47:19 AM MDT

Updated:
08/22/2014 03:54:18 PM MDT

Ronald Eugene Noel (Boulder County Sheriff's Office)

A sexually violent predator who has completed his sentence for a sexual abuse conviction in Oregon has registered with the Boulder County Sheriff's Office after moving to Colorado.

According to a notification from the sheriff's office, Ronald Eugene Noel, 52, has convictions in Oregon for first-degree sexual abuse, first-degree attempted sexual abuse and failure to register as a sex offender. He also has a Colorado failure to register as a sex offender case as well as multiple non-sex offense convictions.

Noel is unemployed and has registered as a transient camping in western Boulder County in the areas of Longmont Dam Road, Silver Lake, Bear Reservoir and Lefthand Reservoir.

Noel was last in custody in 2004 for 60 days for failure to register as a sex offender, and is not currently under any court ordered supervision. But because of the nature of his offenses he is required to check in monthly with the Boulder County Sheriff's Office.

"Typically sexually violent predators are required to register quarterly, but that is when they have a defined residence," said Boulder County Sheriff's Office Cmdr. Heidi Prentup. "(Noel) is a transient so he doesn't have a specific place he is registered, so he has to check in with us monthly."

The Boulder County Sheriff's Office is required to notify the public when an offender deemed to be a sexually violent predator is released from custody or moves into the county.

"We are required by law to notify the community when a sexually violent predator registers with the sheriff's office," Prentup said. "People are determined to be sexually violent predators by a criteria set in the law. We don't choose who is a sexually violent predator. There are strict guidelines depending on their convictions and the level of the sexual offense."

Noel is an alcohol and drug user and has targeted female children and adolescents, according to the notification. The notification also said Noel hangs out at parks and is "manipulative."

He is described as a white male with brown hair and blue eyes, 5-feet 9-inches tall and weighing 240 pounds.

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